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The Mount Wachusett Community College Student to Faculty Ratio & Faculty Composition

Does MWCC have a good student to faculty ratio?

Get a feel for student life at MWCC by checking out the information on classes and faculty below.

Student to Faculty Ratio is Well Above Average

Student to faculty ratio is a common metric used to gauge the number of teaching resources a school provides for its students. With 10 students for every one instructional faculty member, Mount Wachusett Community College ranks among the best colleges when compared to the national average of 15.

Instructional Staff at the College

The following table shows all the employees the school considers instructional, and therefore, part of the above student-to-faculty ratio. These include both those employees designated as either "primarily instructional" or as "instructional combined with research/public service". It does not include employees that have been identified by Mount Wachusett Community College as primarily performing research or public service.

TotalFull TimePart TimePercent Full Time
Total of Instructional Employees4436038313.5%
Total of Those With Faculty Status6060-100.0%
Tenured Faculty3939-100.0%
On Tenure Track1616-100.0%
Not on Tenure Track55-100.0%
Without Faculty Status383-383-
Graduate Assistants----

Full-Time Teaching Staff is Well Below Average

Mount Wachusett Community College's use of full-time instructors ranks among the nation's lowest, with only 14.0% of instructors teaching on a full-time basis.

This School Gets a Lot of Help from Part-Time Teachers

86.0% of the teaching staff at Mount Wachusett Community College are part-time non-faculty or non-tenure track faculty. This high use of adjuncts is far above the national average of 51.4% . A high use of adjuncts instead of tenured professors is controversial, and some consider this statistic to be indicative of a college's commitment to building a strong, long-term instructional team.

Colleges often use part-time professors and adjuncts to teach courses, rather than full-time faculty. This hiring practice is primarily a way to save money amid increasingly tight budgets. However, it is a controversial practice with strong views on either side. We encourage you to understand this topic more deeply, and how the colleges you are interested in approach faculty hiring. It's your education and your money on the line. Make sure you know what you are getting for it.

Additional Information

No Graduate Programs

Many U.S. colleges utilize enrolled graduate assistants to help instructional faculty, however, as Mount Wachusett Community College does not offer graduate degree programs, this practice is not applicable to this college.

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